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Visitors to the Tristar Autograph Pavilion at The National can walk away with just about anything.
Seriously, if you’re a fan of Hall of Famers of any sport…they’ve got you covered.
Super Bowl champs? That too.
Looking for a Captain James T. Kirk autograph to add to your collection? Yeah, they’ll help you out there as well.
Wade Boggs supercollector Rich … [Read more...]

Christmas came early this year for Chicago sports fans planning on attending the National Sports
Collectors Convention.
Of the more than one hundred former athletes that will be signing at the Tristar Autograph Pavilion, close to three dozen of them have called The Windy City home at some point during their career.
“The National always has a great lineup of legends,” … [Read more...]

It doesn't seem possible but the bulk of this story was originally written several years ago, just prior to the 2008 show in Chicago. "The National" is back for another go-round so it's a good time to post it again and add a few more hints to help you get the most out of the industry's biggest event.
It's been around for going on since 1980, when a group of dealers … [Read more...]

There will soon be a vote on the future schedule for the National Sports Collectors Convention and indications are that it's not going to venture out of the "C" zone.
Next year's show has already been set for Chicago and the 2020 event will be in Atlantic City but there has been no word on where the show might land after that.
It's believed that NSCC management will be … [Read more...]

It was a busy National Sports Collectors Convention for PSA and PSA/DNA.
The company processed more than 17,000 units during the course of this year’s National in Cleveland, starting on Wednesday evening and stretching through Sunday.
That included cards, autographs and even some reholdering of original photos submitted by thousands of collectors, … [Read more...]

A lot has changed since August of 1980, and the first National Sports Collectors Convention at the Airport Marriott Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles. Collectors are having their cards graded in mass quantity, there was no eBay, you can't read an article about the hobby without seeing the word “breaks” and the National itself has grown into a massive almost week-long event about … [Read more...]

Jonathan Luedloff had heard the stories.
An avid collector as a kid in the 1980s, he rediscovered his old cards and rejoined the ranks just a few years ago, reading tales of the National Sports Collectors Convention with some amount of fascination as he began to catch up on the state of the hobby in the 21st century. This year, after moving from southern Indiana to … [Read more...]

They weren’t for sale, but several valuable pieces of sports memorabilia and high-end cards had a museum-like showcase at the National Sports Collectors Convention.
SGC gathered them together and created a display in the corporate area, complete with glass showcases for each and video displays telling the story of the player and the memorabilia. Security guards were … [Read more...]

Booth spaces for the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago sold out before the end of the 2018 show. Organizers say it's the earliest sellout in NSCC history.
While the majority of the space is sold to returnees, a booth lottery held on Saturday usually didn't fill and dealers could buy table space even a few months after the previous year's … [Read more...]

The hobby gets tossed into a time warp of sorts during the National Sports Collectors Convention. It’s the one time of year when avid buyers and sellers turn their attention toward a card show than selling online. At this year’s show in Cleveland, though, eBay is one of the exhibitors. Company representatives have been talking with buyers and sellers, … [Read more...]